They were referring, of course, to that vast expanse of tract homes and backyard barbecues that is the San Fernando Valley. The valley, with its valley girls and mini-malls, never shared Los Angeles's cultural cachet.

He turned off the smile, did a right-face, and stepped away.

Only the station located in Chienchen is classified as an industrial monitoring station. However, two industrial complexes outside the city boundary of Kaohsiung (ie, Linyen and Tashe)…

This insures the arming of the fuze when fired.